Genesis 25:31

And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy first birthright.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

In Context

30Said: Give me of this red pottage, for I am exceeding faint. For which reason his name was called Edom.

32He answered: Lo I die, what will the first birthright avail me.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:28But he said: Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel: for if thou hast been strong against God, how much more shalt thou prevail against men?

Hebrews 12:16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau; who for one mess, sold his first birthright.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 25:30-34

Esau Sells His Birthright. ( b. c. 1805.) 29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave… Read the whole commentary →

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